2014 Iowa Code
TITLE XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE 5 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 479B - HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINES AND STORAGE FACILITIES
SECTION 479B.21 - Civil penalty.


IA Code § 479B.21 (2014) What's This?

479B.21  Civil penalty.

A person who violates this chapter or any rule or order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty levied by the board in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation.  Each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. However, the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars for any related series of violations. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to and are appropriated for the use of the Iowa energy center created in section 266.39C.

A civil penalty may be compromised by the board.  In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the pipeline company charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered.  The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owed by the state to the person charged, or may be recovered in a civil action.

95 Acts, ch 192, §48

Referred to in §479B.12, 479B.20

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